IT WAS A CUT ONLY ONE-AND-A-HALF CENTIMETRES deep. The sort a careless chef would make and then demand surgical stitching. The problem with this cut was, though, that it was from ear to ear and the young woman who was pulsing blood from the vicious gap was appealing to an ambulance officer for help. But she couldn’t speak.
A court was later told by the female Officer Hoare that the victim was making a lot of gurgling noises and indicating “help me”. Hoare’s ambo partner Holliday testified that he had attempted to speak to the victim whilst in the ambulance conveying her to hospital. He said she was trying to speak but the nature of the wounds were such that just "a raspy ...
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